John Ajvide Lindqvist

Swedish vampire novel Let the Right One In is now going to take on a new life as a TV pilot on TNT, the network announced Monday.

The bestselling book, by John Ajvide Lindqvist, is about a lonely boy from a small Vermont town who befriends a vampire girl after she and her mysterious caretaker move there. At the same time, a series of strange murders strikes the town. Lindqvist previously adapted the novel into the 2008 Swedish film of the same name.